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SEED PLANTER.

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No. 412,806. Patented Oct. 15, 1889.

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SEED PLANTEB.

No. 412,806. Patented Oct. 15, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS H. TABOR, OF ELLIJAY, GEORGIA.

SEED-PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 412,806, dated. October 15, 1889. Application filed August 17, 1889. Serial No. 321,094. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

le it known that l, THOMAS H. TABOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ellijay, in the county of Gilmer and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seeders and Planters; andI do declare the followingto be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, ref erence being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention has relation to corn-planters, and the object is to produce a device of this class that will shell the corn and plant it at one operation, thus preserving the seed-corn intact on the cob up to the moment of planting, thereby securing the best possible results in the germination of the grain; and to these ends the novelty consists in a corn-planter adapted to remove the grains from the cob and plant them, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and pointed out in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings the same letters of reference indicate like parts of the invention, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of my improved corn planter and sheller. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the sheller detached from the planter. Fig. 3 is a view in perspective of the seed-dropping slide. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of the sheller, and Fig. 5 is a detail of the slide-operating mechanism.

A is the tongue or shaft, and mounted thereon is the usual hopper B, and having the usual wheels for riding upon the ground. The axle G rotates with the wheels, and it is provided with a pulley or banduvheel D, over which passes a band or belt D to a similar pulley E on the main shaft of the sheller F.

G is a slide located in the bottom of the hopper B, and its forward end is provided with a lug g, which is engaged by one of the spurs e on the wheel e, adjustably secured on the axle 0. As the wheels move forward, one of the spurs e engages the lug and carries the slide forward, and as the spur releases the lug the spring 77. returns the slide to its normal position, ready to be engaged and operated by the next spur, and so on indefinitely. This slide Gr is provided with an opening H, through which the corn drops, and the size of this opening may be increased or diminished by loosening the thumb-screw I and adjusting the slide-block I to suit, and then setting the screw up to clamp the block in place.

The sheller F is provided with two clamps K K, by means of which it is adjustably secured to the hopper B.

L is the toothed shelling-disk, and may be cast integral with its shaft L, which is journaled in a bearing on in the frame F.

'n n are arms cast integral with the frame F, and they are provided with eyes it n, through which pass the hooks 0 o of the sectional hopper P, thus forming a hinge between said frame and hopper. This hopper is provided with an arm 19, through which passes a bolt R, provided with a thumb-nut r and a spiral spring S, by means of which the position of the hopper P will be automatically adjustable with reference to the face of the toothed disk.

T is a finger-piece attached to the hopper P, and'U is the guard or guide which carries the cob out after the seed is removed.

The operation of my invention is as follows: XVhen the machine is in motion, an ear of seed-corn is placed in the hopper P, and as the disk L rotates the ear is drawn down through the hopper P and the corn entirely removed. At the same time the end of the cob is caught by the finger T, and the disk then carries it up through the guide U, where it is discharged entirely clear of the seed-hopper B. At the same time this is going on the seed-corn, as it is being removed from the 0 cob falls into the hopper B, from whence it is automatically and intermittently fed by the slide G to the ground through the spout V.

Of course it will be seen that the sheller maybe removed from the planter and shelled 5 corn placed in the hopper and the operation of planting carried on; and also it will be readily understood that the sheller F may be removed and, by means of the clamps K K, secured to a box or bin, and the pulley IE re- I00 moved and replaced by a hand-crank W, and the machine operated as a sheller alone.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is-- 1. The combination, with a corn-planter, of a shelling device, whereby the corn will be removed from the cob and intermittently fed to the ground, as set forth.

2. The combination, with a planter having a pulley D and belt D, of the disk L, having pulley E, and the hinged hopper P, arm 19, bolt R, thumb-nut v", and spring S, as set forth.

3. In a sheller and planter, the combination of the disk L and devices for operating the same, with the hinged sectional hopper P,

provided with the finger T, the arm p, having integral guide .U, and the bolt R, nut 0", and spring S, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

THOMAS H. TABOR. Witnesses:

J. MCNAMEE, HENRY J. ENNIS. 

